>>> US Gapping down

Gapping down
In reaction to earnings/guidance
:

  • UPST -17.6% (Q2 guidance), WDFC -9%, NUS -4% (guides Q2 revs below consensus), TSM -0.5% (June revs)

Other news:

  • GME -5.4% (CFO to step down names new CFO; also co has laid off employees company-wide according to Reuters)
  • TWTR -4.2% (Elon Musk's bid to buy co in jeopardy according to WaPo; also laying off 30% of its talent acquisition team according to WSJ)
  • MARA -3.7% (publishes June bitcoin production and miner data)
  • DQ -2% (provides H1 financial update for Subsidiary Xinjiang Daqo)
  • EBS -1.3% (enters into collaboration with Ridgeback to expand availability of Ebanga treatment for Ebola)
  • MTTR -0.7% (acquires VHT)
  • SMR -0.6% (announces effectiveness of Form S-1 registration statement from SEC )

Analyst comments:

  • KMT -3.6% (downgraded to Sell from Neutral at UBS)
  • SIX -2.9% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup)
  • IHRT -2.3% (downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Wells Fargo)
  • A -2.2% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup)
  • MDGL -1.8% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at B. Riley Securities)
  • ITW -1.3% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS)
  • HBAN -1.1% (downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Sandler)
  • WIT -1.1% (downgraded to Underperform from Hold at Jefferies)
  • PYPL -0.8% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Redburn)